Anthony v. State

CARTER, Justice.

Plaintiffs appeal from the grant of summary judgment for the State in their class action for overtime wages under the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA) and Iowa Code chapter 91A. 1 The State cross-appeals, urging that it is immune from plaintiffs’ claims by reason of the decision in Alden v. Maine, 527 U.S. 706, 119 S.Ct. 2240, 144 L.Ed.2d 636 (1999). The district court rejected the State’s claim of sovereign immunity but granted the State summary judgment based on a federal regulation purporting to allow correction of wage-basis methodology that would otherwise render an…